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Newton Pan Asian Culture festival goes virtual

Newton Pan Asian Culture festival goes virtual COURTESY OF THE NEWTON PAN ASIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL The Newton Pan Asian Culture Festival was recently held virtually to celebrate the month of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage, Asian organizations in the local communities worked to create an excellent program, including the Chinese American Association of Newton, the Newton Education Support Network, the Greater Boston Chinese Culture Association, the Newton Chinese Language School and Newton Community Pride.  The online program introduced rich and diversified Asian displays of Asian culture, including those of Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Indian peoples. The evening delivered spectacles of cooking, handcrafts, folk dances, singing, painting, instrument performances and introductions to traditional Asian holidays. It provided an opportunity to let people know more about Asian Americans, and the Asian American organizers wished to show that they love the community and are

COVID tests required for some Newton high school students

Wicked Local With participation in voluntary COVID testing among high school students remaining very low, Superintendent David Fleishman recently said testing now will be required in order to participate in all extracurricular activities. Testing statistics remained the same for North and South combined when comparing the weeks of March 22 and April 12, according to the schools. During both weeks, 2,546 students total were eligible to take the test, but only 762 did. Therefore, only 30% of the 2,546 eligible students volunteered to be tested. “In general, this type of surveillance/screened testing using the pooled methodology is most useful if 70-80% of students are participating,” said communication director Julie McDonough previously.

Return to full-time, in-person learning for Newton elementary students

Wicked Local Elementary students who remain in or transition to in-person classes will finally return to school full-time beginning Monday, April 5, according to a March 15 email from Superintendent David Fleishman.   School hours for elementary students attending in-person classes and the Distance Learning Academy will now be follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. and Wednesday: 8:25 a.m. - 1 p.m. Although the Newton Public Schools were already working on a date to return elementary children to full-time, in-person classes, Jeffrey Riley, commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), gave the entire state an April 5 deadline to put a plan into action. The move essentially eliminated the hybrid option, the Tab reported earlier.

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